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Archie BARTLEMAN

Regimental number2
Place of birthDunedin, New Zealand
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationAccountant
Addressc/o ES&A Bank, Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation38
Height5' 8"
Weight119 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Christina Bartleman, c/o Trustees Executor Agency Co, Dunedin, New Zealand
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 January 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 9
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/14/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Machine Gun Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 31 July 1918
Discharge date19 January 1920
Other details

War service: embarked Sydney, 1 May 1916; disembarked England, 10 July 1916.

Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, 18 September 1916 (tonsilitis); marched in to 9th Machine Gun Company, 30 September 1916.

Marched out to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 23 October 1916 (medically unfit).

Marched out to Machine Gun Training Depot, Grantham, 23 November 1916.

Attached to Army Pay Corps, England, 5 December 1916. Appointed Temporary 2nd Corporal, 1 February 1917. Found guilty, 13 June 1917, of being improperly dressed in the street: admonished.

Admitted to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 25 May 1918 (pleurisy); discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 9 June 1918.

Absent without leave, 5-6 July 1918.

Commenced return to Australia for discharge on board HT 'Malta', 31 July 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 28 September 1918, for overland travel to Sydney; discharged, Sydney, 19 October 19120.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BARTLEMAN Archie

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